• Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 3, 2016
User Score
4.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 27
  2. Negative: 12 out of 27
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User Reviews

  1. Jan 3, 2016
    1
    This is just bad TV. Annoying characters in a tired and repeated sitcom that seems to be stuck in time. It's Parker Lewis minus the charismatic characters.
  2. Jan 4, 2016
    2
    Sometimes when you watch a show you can't help but wonder what was written on the page that made a TV executive say yes to sinking millions of dollars into something so poor. That was the way I felt watching this series, which hopefully isn't long for the airwaves.
Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Jan 4, 2016
    25
    Nothing about this sitcom is clever or amusing.
  2. Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Jan 4, 2016
    40
    In addition to boasting a needlessly wordy title, Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life is a generally frantic effort, failing to settle on a structure or rhythm over the four episodes sent to critics and, despite some wholly appealing performances at its center, never finding its voice.
  3. Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Jan 4, 2016
    83
    It’s entertaining, mainly because all the characters are just so darn likable. Earl, particularly, is a hoot.